Chapter 1:
“Marketing Today”
Joel R. Evans & Barry Berman
Marketing, 10e: Marketing in the 21st Century
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Chapter Objectives
• To illustrate the exciting, dynamic, and influential
nature of marketing
• To define marketing and trace its evolution with
emphasis on the marketing concept, a marketing
philosophy, customer service, and customer satisfaction
and relationship marketing
• To show the importance of marketing as field of study
• To describe the basic functions of marketing and those
that perform these functions
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Text Overview
All marketing
efforts are
directed to
the consumer
• Environmental
analysis
• Product
Environmental
Analysis &
Marketing
Research
Broadening
the Scope of
Marketing
Marketing
Management
TOTAL
MARKETING
EFFORT
Price
Planning
Promotion
Planning
• Price
• Distribution
• Promotion
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Consumer
Analysis
Product
Planning
Distribution
Planning
Marketing Definition
• Marketing is the Anticipation, Management
and Satisfaction of Demand through the
Exchange Process.
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Mnemonic: Definition of Marketing
A
S
M
F
R
S
exchange process
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Definition of Marketing
• Anticipation of Demand requires a firm to do
consumer research in anticipation of market’s
potential and consumers’ desires.
• Management of Demand includes:
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Stimulation: motivates consumers to want firm’s
offerings
Facilitation: makes it easy to buy offerings
Regulation: involves balancing inventory to consumer
demand
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Definition of Marketing
• Satisfaction of Demand involves product
availability, product performance, perceptions of
safety, & after-sale services.
• An Exchange Process includes the agreement for
payment: cash/credit/promise to pay or support
for a firm, institution, idea, or place.
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Ethical Exchanges
• Exchanges must be
done in socially
responsible way
Seller
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Buyer
• Both buyer and seller
should consider
impact on society
and environment
Consumer & Publics’ Demand
• Consumer Demand
refers to final and
organizational
consumers
• Publics’ Demand
refers to needs of
unions, employees,
stock holders &
general public
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How Marketing Evolves
Barter
Era
Production
Era
Selfsufficiency
Demand
exceeds
supply
Supply
equals
demand
Output
expanded
Selling
process
important
Basic
one-onone
trading
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Sales
Era
Marketing
Dept. Era
Marketing
Co. Era
Supply
Exceeds
Demand
Supply
exceeds
demand
Marketing
a
Subsidiar
y
Function
Integrated
role for
marketing
The Marketing Concept
Goal
Orientation
Consumer
Orientation
Marketing
Concept
Integrated
Marketing
Focus
Market-Driven
Approach
Value-Based
Philosophy
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Focus of Selling Philosophy
Production
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Selling
Consumption
Focus of Marketing Philosophy
Consumer
Need
Evaluation
Integrated
Marketing
Effort
Consumer
Satisfaction
Achievement of
Organizational
Goals
Feedback
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Selling Philosophy
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•
•
•
•
Output “Sold” to Consumers
Looks at Individual, Single Consumer
Seeks Sales Rather Than Profit
Short-Term Goal Orientation
Concerned with Current Inventory
Reduction
• Narrower View of Consumer Needs
• Little Adaptation to Environment
• Informal Planning & Feedback
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Marketing Philosophy
• Consumer-Oriented
• Stresses Research &
Consumer Analysis
• Looks at Groups of
Consumers
• Profit-Oriented
• Directed to Long-Range
Goals
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• Two-Way Interactive
Process
• Appropriate Adaptation
to Marketing
Environment
• Broad View of
Consumer Needs
• Integrated Planning &
Feedback
Factors That Affect Customer Satisfaction
Friendly Employees
Courteous Employees
Helpful Employees
Quick Service
Billing Clarity
Good Value
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Knowledgeable Employees
Overall
Customer
Satisfaction
Accuracy of Billing
Billing Timeliness
Competitive Pricing
Relationship Marketing
Through
Relationship Marketing,
companies build
customer satisfaction
and increase long-term
customer loyalty.
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Customer Service
• Customer Service tends
to be intangible, but
quite meaningful, to
many customers.
• In today’s highly
competitive, global
marketplace, the level of
customer service a firm
provides can affect its
ability to attract and
retain customers more
than ever before.
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Marketing Performers
Manufacturer
or Service
Provider
Final Consumer
Organizational
Consumer
Basic Marketing
Performers
Marketing
Specialist
Wholesaler
Retailer
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Marketing Performers!
Include:
Consumers
Manufacturers
Service Providers
Wholesalers
Retailer
Marketing Specialists
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Basic Functions of Marketing
Text Chapters
See Chapters 3 & 22
See Chapters
2&4
Environmental
Marketing
Analysis &
Management
Marketing
Research
See Chapters
5–7
Broadening
the Scope of
Marketing
TOTAL
MARKETING
EFFORT
Price
Planning
See Chapters
20–21
See Chapters
17–19
Promotion
Planning
See Chapters
8–10
See Chapters
14–16
Consumer
Analysis
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Product
Planning
See Chapters 11–13
Distribution
Planning
8 Marketing Functions
Environmental Analysis and Marketing Research:
Monitoring and adapting to external factors that
affect success or failure, such as the economy and
competition; and collecting data to resolve specific
marketing issues.
Broadening the Scope of Marketing: Deciding on the
emphasis to place, as well as the approach to take,
on societal issues, global marketing, and the Web.
Consumer Analysis: Examining and evaluating
consumer characteristics, needs and purchase
processes; and selecting the group(s) of consumers
at which to aim marketing efforts.
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8 Marketing Functions
continued
Product Planning (including goods, services,
organizations, people, places, ideas): Developing
and maintaining products, product assortments,
product images, brands, packaging, and optional
features, and deleting faltering products.
Distribution Planning: Forming logistical relationships
with intermediaries, physical distribution, inventory
management, warehousing, transportation,
allocating goods & services, wholesaling, and
retailing.
Promotion Planning: Communicating with customers,
the general public, and others through some type of
advertising, public relations, personal selling, and/or
sales promotion.
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8 Marketing Functions
continued
Price Planning: Determining price levels and ranges,
pricing techniques, terms of purchase, price
adjustments, and the use of price as an active or
passive factor.
Marketing Management: Planning, implementing,
and controlling the marketing program (strategy)
and individual marketing functions; appraising the
risks and benefits in decision making; and focusing
on total quality.
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Chapter Summary
• This chapter illustrates the dynamic and influential
nature of marketing from the perspective of
businesses and consumers.
• It provides a definition of marketing and traces its
evolution with emphasis on the marketing concept,
a marketing philosophy, customer service, and
customer satisfaction and relationship marketing.
• The chapter shows the importance of marketing as
a field of study.
• It describes the 8 basic functions of marketing and
those that perform these functions.
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